GSN Announces New Text-In Competitions

Sometime this summer, GSN will start a new “text and play” contest with the two Casino Night programs: High Stakes Poker and World Series of Blackjack. High Stakes Poker viewers will see two cards on TV, and they can text in on whether they want to play with those cards. World Series of Blackjack viewers can play with the show by hitting or standing on their own hand. Both shows will have texters competing against each other, with the top ten appearing on a leaderboard.

On a related note, a new Slingo game show in the Phillipines that launches on July 21 will be using something very similar to the above, but not much is known about this system, much less the game, as of now.